2 Kings 23:11:162 Kgs.23.11.W16TAB
הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ
hashemesh
“the sun”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHE-mesh
- Extended
- hah-SHEH-mehsh
- IPA
- /haʃˈʃɛmɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sun
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-SHE-mesh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-et-mar-ke-VOT ha-SHE-mesh
- clause
ve-et-mar-ke-VOT ha-SHE-mesh sa-RAF ba-ESH
- sentence
va-ya-SHBE-et et-ha-su-SIM a-SHER na-te-NU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA la-SHE-mesh mi-BO bet-ye-ho-VAH el-lish-KAT ne-TAN-me-lekh ha-sa-RIS a-SHER ba-par-va-RIM ve-et-mar-ke-VOT ha-SHE-mesh sa-RAF ba-ESH
Root and etymology
š-m-šš-m-š
“sun”
In context — 2 Kings 23:11
And he removed the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun from the entrance of the house of the LORD , to the chamber of Netan-Melek , the official, which was in the precincts, and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:11:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 23:11, so the Hebrew word הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ (hashemesh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.23.11.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.11.W16.S1) and character.